[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 348-349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28429]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Gulf of 
Alaska Navy Training Activities Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Department of the Navy (DoN), Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The United States DoN, after carefully weighing the strategic, 
operational, and environmental consequences of the Proposed Action 
(Gulf of Alaska Navy Training Activities Final Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement 
[EIS/OEIS], published in the Federal Register on September 2, 2022), is 
announcing its decision to continue periodic military training 
activities within the Gulf of Alaska Temporary Maritime Activities Area 
and Western Maneuver Area, collectively referred to as the Gulf of 
Alaska Study Area, as identified in Alternative 1, the DoN's Preferred 
Alternative, in the Gulf of Alaska Navy Training Activities Final 
Supplemental EIS/OEIS.

ADDRESSES: The complete text of the Record of Decision (ROD) is 
available on the project website at www.GOAEIS.com, along with the 
September 2022 Final Supplemental EIS/OEIS and supporting documents. 
Printed copies of the Final Supplemental EIS/OEIS and ROD are also 
available for viewing at the Alaska

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State (Juneau), Copper Valley Community (Glennallen), Cordova, Homer, 
Kodiak, Seward Community, University of Alaska Fairbanks/Elmer E. 
Rasmuson, and Z.J. Loussac (Anchorage) libraries. Single copies of the 
ROD are available upon request by contacting: Naval Facilities 
Engineering Systems Command Northwest, Attention: GOA Supplemental EIS/
OEIS Project Manager, 1101 Tautog Circle, Suite 203, Silverdale, WA 
98315-1101.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Implementation of Alternative 1, the 
Preferred Alternative, will allow the DoN to fully meet current and 
future requirements in the Gulf of Alaska Study Area. Training 
activities include the use of active sound navigation and ranging, 
known as sonar, in the Temporary Maritime Activities Area and weapon 
systems at sea that may use non-explosive or explosive munitions. 
Training will be conducted in the manner and at the intensity as 
described in Alternative 1. Implementation of this Preferred 
Alternative will enable the DoN and other U.S. military services to 
best meet their respective missions. The DoN's mission, under Title 10 
United States Code Section 8062, is to maintain, train, and equip 
combat-ready military forces capable of winning wars, deterring 
aggression, and maintaining freedom of the seas. The DoN will continue 
to implement standard operating procedures and mitigation measures, 
including the implementation of a new mitigation area within the 
continental shelf and slope of the Temporary Maritime Activities Area, 
and adhere to management plans and monitoring requirements to avoid or 
reduce potential environmental impacts during training activities.

    Dated: December 27, 2022.
A.R. Holt,
Lieutenant Commander Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal 
Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-28429 Filed 1-3-23; 8:45 am]
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